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Oronoco
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · VA · 37.74751, -79.26472
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on U.S. Forest Service land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,662 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- PPropane9 mi
- WWater10 mi
- DDump10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- AAir-up22 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,662 ft
State
VA
Coordinates
37.74751, -79.26472
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNicholson Run (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townOronoco · ~0.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBP · ~4.6 mi
- Propane / LPGArc3 · ~5.0 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~10.0 mi
- GroceriesSheltman's · ~4.6 mi
- PharmacyBuena Vista Family Pharmacy · ~4.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicDaVita Dialysis · ~9.2 mi
- HardwareAugusta Cooperative Farm Bureau, Inc · ~9.4 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletOronoco · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBrown Mtn Creek A.T. Shelter · ~2.7 mi S · USFS
- RestroomNBATC Brown Mtn Creek Shelter Privy · ~2.7 mi S · NPS
- Vault / pit toiletCow Camp Gap A.T. Shelter · ~2.8 mi E · USFS
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Brown Mtn Creek A.T. Shelter~2.7 mi
- Cow Camp Gap A.T. Shelter~2.8 mi
- Punchbowl A.T. Shelter~6.3 mi
- Seeley-Woodworth A.T. Shelter~7.8 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Likely until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →